Joanne Hart

4 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Joanne Hart

My mother still remembers VE Day back in 1945. As celebrations erupted, she was just looking forward to her Daddy coming home. There were mixed emotions at the recent commemorations, too: joy mixed with sadness and a sense of danger in the air. President Trump is upending old alliances. Autocrats the world over are flexing their muscles. India and Pakistan are at daggers drawn. Iran is a constant threat and state-backed cyber attacks are soaring.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Joanne Hart

Many of us will be encouraged by the recent declaration that '70 is the new 50'. This assertion did not come from a cosmetics firm or health spa, but from the respected International Monetary Fund. Based on improvements in physical and mental health, the agency argues that people in their seventies today are as intellectually sharp and as strong as fifty-somethings were just a quarter of a century ago.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Joanne Hart

Many of us will be encouraged by the recent declaration that ‘70 is the new 50’. This assertion did not come from a cosmetics firm or health spa, but from the respected International Monetary Fund. Based on improvements in physical and mental health, the agency argues that people in their seventies today are as intellectually sharp and as strong as fifty-somethings were just a quarter of a century ago.

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Joanne Hart

American tech titans Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, chip-maker Nvidia, Google-owner Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta and Tesla have soared in value over the past decade and gained renown as the Magnificent Seven. But the gang is looking rather less magnificent lately, tumbling in value since President Trump took office. Most UK technology stocks have long been outgunned by their American cousins. But there are some which, while not on the same scale as the Mag 7, may produce splendid returns.

3 weeks ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Joanne Hart

In the autumn of 2022, gold was trading at little more than $1,600 an ounce. It has more than doubled in price since then, topping $3,300 last week. Investors spent more than £15 billion on gold funds in the first three months of this year, and central banks, from Poland to Qatar, are stocking up on bullion. With President Donald Trump stoking global uncertainty, gold is the most obvious asset to buy. And the market is hot.